Pump bucket and valve



(No Model.) I S. A. SAUM.

Pump Bucket and Valve.

No. 237,607. Patented Feb. 8,1881.

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PUMP BUCKET AND VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersv Patent No. 237,607, dated February 8, 1881.

I Application filed November-29, 1880. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. SAU'M, of Kellogg, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have in vented an Improved Pump-Bucket, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of buckets that are used in pumps commonly known as lift-pumps and suction-pumps.

Heretofore buckets designed to be operated in a cylinder or well-tube have been formed out of single pieces of Wood in such a manner that flexible packing-bands, valves, and operating-rods could be fixed thereto by means of nails or other fastening devices, and to prevent the wood from wearing, splitting, and

breaking, meta-l bands and metal rod fastening devices have been attached to the wood and base of the complete bucket; but when the base of the structure is wood the metal parts attached thereto are liable to get loose and displaced by the alternate swelling and shrinking, and warping and splitting of the wood, and the complete bucket thereby becomes ineflicient and an annoying care.

My object is to avoid such difficulties, to save time and labor in manufacturing, and to furnish stronger, more effective and durable buckets; and to accomplish the results contemplated I make a skeleton metal base for a bucket that is adapted to be filled in with wood, so that a packing-band and valve can be readily attached to form a complete bucket, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure l of my accompanying drawings is a perspective view of my skeleton metal base cast complete in one piece. It is preferably made of malleable iron, and may vary in size and weight, as desired. The lower portion, a, is in the form of a rim, into which a tubular wooden block is to be fitted and fastened in such a manner that it will extend above the upper edge of the rim to receive the flexible packing-band that is to be fastened thereto. 1) is a flat plate and valve-seat, of smaller diameter than the rim or, formed integral with the said rim and connected therewith by means of two or more ribs, 0, that project upward from the inside of the rim. d is a circular opening in the center of the top plate and valve-seat I). f is a slot at one side of the same plate, through which nails or screws are passed downward into my wood-fillin g, as required, to fasten the valve to its seat. g is a socket formed integral with the combined rim and plate a b by means of stay-pieces h h, for the purpose of receiving and securely fastening the lower end of an operating-rod to the complete bucket.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a tubular wooden block that conforms in size and shape with the combined rim and plate a b c of my skeleton metal base, into which it is designed to be pressed as a plug and a filling into which nails can be readily driven, as required, for fastening a packing-band and a valve to the metal base. a is the wooden plug. 0 0 represent cavities formed in the upper portion of its periphery. They correspond in form, size, and number with the ribs 0 that connect the plate b with the rim a. d is a vertical bore through the plug a, and corresponds in form and size with the opening d in the plate I).

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, showing the relative positions of all the different parts of my complete bucket. m represents a flexible packing-band, preferably made of leather, and so shaped that it will flare outward when fixed on top of the annular shoulder formed by the top edge of the metal rim a and against the inclined edge of the plate I) by means of nails or screws passed through its lower edge between the ribs 0 into the top portion of the wooden plug a. it represents a common buck et-valve fixed over the opening cl of the plate and valve-seat b by passing screws or nails through its flexible portion and the openingf in said plate, and into the top portion of the wooden plug a.

By means of my skeleton metal bucket and a wooden plug corresponding therewith, it is obvious that all the parts required to form a complete bucket can be more readily and durably combined than by any other method of construction heretofore known, and that an improved pump-bucket is thereby produced.

I claim as my invention 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the skeleton meta-l pump-bucket having the rim a, plate 12, ribs 0, openings 01 and f, and

gral with each other, substantially as shown wooden plug a c d, the flexible packing-band 10 and described, for the purposes specified. m, and the valve at, substantially as shown 2. The wooden plug a c d, in combination and described, for the purposes specified.

a rod-connecting device, 9 h h, formed inte- I the skeleton metal bucket a b c d f g h, the 5 with a skeleton metal pump-bucket, a b c d f, STEPHEN A. SAUM.

substantially as set forth, for the purposes Witnesses: specified. L. WV. DAVIS,

3. The improved pump-bucket, composed of l J. H. 1*. BALDERSON. 

